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Stop burning tokens on DOM noise: a Playwright MCP optimizer layer

DEV.to AIΒ·April 17, 2026

This article describes how Playwright MCP wastes tokens by sending full DOM trees to AI models and introduces an open-sourced optimizer layer that filters only relevant elements. This solution aims to reduce token consumption by 5-10x for AI browser automation tasks.

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